Prakash Mehta
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1959)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prakash Mehta
| image = Prakash Mehta in Mumbai.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|04|22}}
| birth_place = Bombay, Bombay State, India
| spouse = Kishori Mehta
| children = Abhishek (Elder Son)
Harsh Mehta (Younger Son)
| occupation = Politician
| office = Minister of Housing
Government of Maharashtra
| term_start = 5 December 2014
| term_end = 16 June 2019
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Devendra Fadnavis
| successor = Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
| office1 = Minister of Industries & Mining
Government of Maharashtra
| term_start1 = 31 October 2014
| term_end1 = 5 December 2014
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = Devendra Fadnavis
| successor1 = Subhash Desai
| office2 = Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Maharashtra
| term_start2 = 31 October 2014
| term_end2 = 5 December 2014
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = Devendra Fadnavis
| successor2 = Girish Bapat
| office3 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| term_start3 = 2009
| term_end3 = 2019
| successor3 = Parag Shah
| constituency3 = Ghatkopar East
| term_start4 = 1990
| term_end4 = 2009
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| constituency4 = Ghatkopar
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| residence = Mumbai
| education =
| website = [http://prakash-mehta.com official website]
| bodyclass = Portrait of Prakash Mehta
}}
Prakash Mehta (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit.
Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenmaharashtra.in/ministries/housing-department/|title=Housing – Golden Maharashtra Development Council|work=goldenmaharashtra.in|accessdate=20 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2014/11/02/prakash-mehta-made-industry-minister-in-maharashtra/|title=Prakash Mehta is the new Industry, mines, parliamentary affairs minister in Maharashtra|date=2 November 2014|work=deshgujarat.com|accessdate=20 December 2016}} He served six consecutive terms (1990–2019) as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/ghatkopar-east.html|title=Ghatkopar ast (Maharashtra) Election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA|work=elections.in|accessdate=20 December 2016}}
Early life and education
Prakash Mehta belongs to Gujarati middle-class family and is originally from Una town in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. He is married to Kishori Mehta and has two sons, Abhishek Mehta & Harsh Mehta.{{cite web |last=Technologies |first=T |title=Biography – Prakash Mehta – Minister – Housing, Guardian Minister of Raigad – Government of Maharashtra |url=http://prakash-mehta.com/prakash-mehta-biography.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129170539/http://prakash-mehta.com/prakash-mehta-biography.html |archive-date=29 November 2016 |accessdate=20 December 2016 |work=prakash-mehta.com}} Prakash Mehta is the face of Gujarati community and is the most popular Gujarati leader in Maharashtra. Prakash Mehta was drawn to politics in his early teens and was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). During 1975–77, as a youth, he actively participated and volunteered during the Emergency and Total Revolution launched by Jayprakash Narayan.
Political career
He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit in 2013. Prakash Mehta served as the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department. He was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for six consecutive terms from 1990 to 2019.
Mahul residents have been protesting since 23 October 2018 to demand solutions and action from Mehta to relocate them, which has been declared 'not fit for human habitation' by the National Green Tribunal act in 2015.{{Cite news|title=Human chain ends at housing min's home|work=Mumbai Mirror|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/human-chain-ends-at-housing-mins-home/articleshow/66582690.cms|access-date=2018-12-02}}
He was succeeded by Parag Shah in Ghatkopar East constituency in 2019.{{Cite news|last=Deshpande|first=Alok|date=2019-10-25|title=Richest candidate wins by over 50,000 votes|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/richest-candidate-wins-by-over-50000-votes/article29791362.ece|access-date=2020-03-24|issn=0971-751X}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://prakash-mehta.com/ Official website (personal)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920032329/http://prakash-mehta.com/ |date=20 September 2020 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150925150111/https://www.mahabjp.org/Eng/Netritwa/PramukhNeta.aspx Official profile on Bharatiya Janata Party – Maharashtra website]
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Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014
Category:Politicians from Mumbai
Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
Category:State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra
Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995
Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999